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U.S. may spare schools from harsh penalties in exchange for reforms
- 09-23-2011
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By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times
The Obama administration is poised to spare school districts from potentially harsh penalties for low-performing campuses if states agree to broad reforms favored by the federal government, including the linking of teacher evaluations to student test scores. The plan, outlined by senior administration officials Thursday, would relieve school districts from the requirements of the decade-old No Child Left Behind Act, which requires nearly all students to be academically "proficient" by 2014. Schools that fall short are subject to being shut down, turned over to outside groups or forced to replace their staffs. (more...)
Also: New York Times, Educated Guess
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